Music Box Films
“Leonor Will Never Die,” from director Martika Ramirez Escobar, is a movie pure in heart even when it falters.
Based on Hannelore Cayre’s novel, Jean-Paul Salomé’s La Daronne – Mama Weed in the U.S. – is a dark comedy about a translator-turned-queenpin.
Ema is not like any other film that has come out this year so far. Its celebration of female agency is like a fever dream — indescribable and euphoric.
Memoir of War is at its best when focusing on the inner life of its protagonist – but even she can’t prevent it from feeling unnecessarily drawn-out.